The St. Joseph's Hospital has continued to see growth in Physicians looking to receive training, as well as young families growing within the Hospital's staff. 

Director of the Hospital Greg Hoffort, "We're about mid-way through, training our third-year medical students. It's a longitudinal integrated clerkship (LIC) program for the college of medicine, and basically, the program sends the third year medical students out to facilities like ours to spend the year being mentored and shadowing physicians and practicing medicine with our local physicians as part of their training to become a physician. We are midway through the first year, and things have gone very well, and we are pleased to be advised that they are sending two more out to us next year." Hoffort goes on to share, "We had one student to start the process this year, Lindsay Richels and she's a really great student, motivated learner and has really done well and excelled in Estevan here. With that, we have been approved with 2 more students and they will arrive in the late summer of 2019. And we will be progressing down that road with them."

The hospital has also experienced a bit of a baby boom in the staff, "It certainly is interesting times, we have staff from all of our departments a total of as many as 24 staff on maternity leave. So we have some pretty exciting times at St. Joe's, we have a young staff and a lot of them are having children at the moment. So it speaks a lot to our future as we will have sustainable staff for our future it would seem and its exciting times." Hoffort adds "It comes with its challenges, we have a temporary shifting of people in their positions while there on mat leave. And that comes with training and orientation and whatnot, and as people are leaving their positions to enter the temporary position, and then their positions have to be filled. It does present some challenges, but it is a great thing that's happening and its interesting that the numbers are very great at this time."

With the colder weather and this being one of the windiest February's and March, ice has continued to be a problem. Hoffort on if they have experienced an increase in falls, "It's interesting we haven't noticed it actually, I have spoken to the emergency room nurses and there are times where we have an increase in falls, but they haven't reported it in this recent cold spell. You would think we would have an increase in falls, but the stats haven't shown that."

St. Joseph's Hospital continues to expand and increase its reach into the community, and they will be working alongside the Hospital Foundation and Radio Station May 1st again for the Radiothon for Life. Funds raised through this day continue to expand and update equipment that is used on a regular at the hospital.